And it would come to pass that I'm forced to think faster and write sooner and update earlier to take advantage of the lack of persistence of memory of my audience. Things keep happening in my life that provoke me to write and apparently also provoke comments but I suppose that comes with the territory. Sat and wondered about good lines that I'd heard and that I use in daily life. Inspired by the movies of course. There is no Spoon is an obvious one and actually managed to pull it off a while ago when some one asked for one. Unfortunately I was the only one who burst out laughing, guffawed, cachinated, whatever for a minute then looked around in embarrassed silence and thought "philistines" to myself and sulked. Then there's Madagascar with the profound brain things inside my head... Ice age with you're an embarrassment to nature... It would appear that there are more abusive lines in the list which will be saved for abusive occasions.
Random googling and clicking got me to a point where I saw quotes by Chaucer. It should ideally remind one of Canterbury Tales or whatever bit of fiction he came up with but all I had as free association was A Knight's Tale. Fun movie and Paul Bettany as Chaucer, initially naked and vitriolic then just vitriolic clothed was simply brilliant. And below is the introductory speech (the line I like to oft quote is the pride, privilege and pleasure one)
Chaucer: You're good. You're very good. My lords, my ladies, and everybody else here not sitting on a cushion! [crowd roars]
Chaucer: Today... Today, you find yourselves equals. [crowd roars]
Chaucer: For you are all equally blessed. For I have the pride, the privilege, nay, the pleasure of introducing to you to a knight, sired by knights. A knight who can trace his lineage back beyond Charlemagne. I first met him atop a mountain near Jerusalem, praying to God, asking his forgiveness for the Saracen blood spilt by his sword. Next, he amazed me still further in Italy when he saved a fatherless beauty from the would-be ravishing of her dreadful Turkish uncle. [crowd, boo]
Chaucer: In Greece he spent a year in silence just to better understand the sound of a whisper. And so without further gilding the lily and with no more ado, I give to you, the seeker of serenity, the protector of Italian virginity, the enforcer of our Lord God, the one, the only, Sir Ulllrrrich von Lichtenstein! [crowd roars]
Chaucer: Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week.
Brilliant one that.
Will read more Chaucer when I can.
Can't think of too many others considering I'm done with pancreas and now onto spleen. Which is perhaps a good thing.
This post started off with the idea of writing about some recent horticultural developments that have happened at home thanks to the Provider suddenly deciding that the house looks like a derelict, decrepit, dilapidated bhooth bungalow. But I need to eat and need a roof so will do it when he's not looking over my shoulder. Yes, don't look over my shoulder. Thank you.
